The remaining three players take a short 15-minute break.
The remaining three players take a short 15-minute break.
Kenzo Ishida raised to 1,200,000 in the small blind and Chino Rheem called in the big blind.
The flop came Q♠5♣A♥, Ishida bet 400,000, and Rheem called. Ishida bet 700,000 on the 10♣ turn and Rheem called again.
The river fell the 7♠ and Ishida bet again, this time for 500,000. Confused by the bet size, Rheem thought for a moment before reluctantly making the call with Q♥9♦ for a pair of queens. Ishida showed J♠7♥.
Marco Johnson limped in the small blind and Kenzo Ishida checked in the big blind.
The flop came 7♥10♣7♣, Johnson bet 300,000, and Ishida made it 900,000 to go, which Johnson called.
The 3♠ turn went check-check, bringing the 2♠ river, where Johnson fired out a bet of 3,300,000, resulting in a fold from Ishida.
Marco Johnson limped from the small blind and Kenzo Ishida raised to 1,800,000 from the big blind. Johnson took his time to call and the pair were taken to the 3♣J♠5♦ flop.
Johnson check-called a 1,200,000 bet by Ishida and the 10♣ was turned. Johnson opted to check, Ishida moved out 3,300,000 and Johnson made another call.
Both checked the 4♦ river and Johnson tabled his A♣5♣, which was good enough to make Ishida muck.
Chino Rheem limped from the small blind and Marco Johnson checked the big blind. The pair saw a K♥J♣K♦ flop and Rheem bet 250,000. Johnson paid to see the 6♦ turn and Rheem checked to Johnson, who moved out 600,000. Rheem muck, and slid down further in the counts.
A few hands later, Kenzo Ishida opened to 750,000 on the button and Rheem jammed for 9,680,000. Ishida mucked and Rheem picked up the raise and the blinds, sitting back with over ten million.
Most of the battles have been between Ishida and Johnson, with one hand seeing Johnsen limp from the small blind and Ishida check the big blind.
The 5♥Q♥J♣ flop was bet by Johnson for 300,000, and Ishida called. The A♠ turn saw Johnson ask for 1,200,000 and Ishida made another call to see the 8♣ river, which both players checked. Johnson tabled his 10♠8♥ for a pair of eights but Ishisa took the pot with J♥2♥, levelling out the top two stacks.
Level: 33
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Chino Rheem open-shoved on the button for 5,745,000 to put himself at risk, and was called by Kenzo Ishida in the big blind.
Chino Rheem: K♠Q♥
Kenzo Ishida: 8♣8♠
Rheem pulled ahead on the Q♠5♣3♥ flop, pairing his queen. The 7♥ turn and 5♦ river offered no help to Ishida, and the pot was pushed Rheem's way.
Kenzo Ishida limped in the small blind and Faraz Jaka raised to 900,000 in the big blind. Ishida called and both players checked on the J♦7♠9♣ flop.
On the 7♣ turn, Ishida checked again and Jaka bet 1,000,000. Ishida then moved all in to put Jaka at risk, who had just over 4,000,000 behind. Jaka went into the tank, eventually finding the call.
Faraz Jaka: A♥K♦
Kenzo Ishida: Q♣J♠
Jaka needed an ace or a king to survive, but couldn't find either on the 10♥ river.
Having just knocked out one of his opponents, Kenzo Ishida thought he was posting the big blind and pushed out 240,000 without seeing his hand. Action folded to Marco Johnson who was indeed in the big blind and both pushed in their chips to see the flop.
After being dealt the 10♥2♦5♦ flop, Johnson checked to Ishida who bet 720,000 which saw Johnson muck, allowing Kenzo to recoup from his mistake.
In the next hand Johnson limped from the small blind and Ishida checked the big blind. A A♦3♠5♦ flop saw Johnson bet 340,000 and Ishida raised to 900,000. Johnson folded, and Kenzo stacked up more.